<caution> 2 Fuzzy Picture Posts! </caution>

[jimgalli]

I was BUSY this weekend and you get a 2 fer! I promised a page of comparison shots with the NEW2ME Hermagis Eidoscop 150mm on 4X5. It is here:

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/15...0Eidoscop.html

But wait! There's more! If you push the button NOW I'll include an extra post about a Darlot 12 inch Landscape lens for FREE!

http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/15...Landscape.html

Hurry! because this offer won't last forever

Love to hear your thoughts as always!

[Jeff Bannow]

Very interesting as always.

[Thomas Bertilsson]

Love the piano with the Eidoscop and the double portrait with the Darlot. Beautiful stuff, Jim!
- Thomas

[MenacingTourist]

Am I seeing correctly that the contrast increases when you stop down? I'm all sorts of curious about this.

[jimgalli]

Am I seeing correctly that the contrast increases when you stop down? I'm all sorts of curious about this.

Hi Alan. What you see in the first 2 bouquet pictures is the best example. At f4.7 the image that would be reflected in the flat glass is soft and out of focus totally so you get that wonderful glazed return from the flat glass surfaces. In the f8 you see sharp reflections and it looks totally different. So yes, apparent contrast does increase dramatically with just a bit of aperture stopping down. If I had done a second picture of Pam's clock at say f11 or f16 you would see everything in the room reflected in the glass on the front of the clock like a mirror. That glaze is what I'm after though. I set the shot up on purpose to see that. Jim

[Antje]

Oh wow. Love the Darlot shots! All of them. The dandelions are fantastic!

Antje

[Mick Fagan]

Pretty impressive, great to see.

That bouquet #1 f8 is something I would actually like to see in the flesh.

Mick.

[jnanian]

hi jim

i love how stopped down the sharpness increases to almost looking like an anastigmatic lens
and wide open there is a veil of out of focus-ness ...

thanks for publishing your lens tests

john

[MenacingTourist]

Thanks for the explanation Jim. I think my understanding of old glass is increasing. Actually using it helps too

[eddie gunks]

great stuff as usual.....thanks for the development times as well. what is your normal development times for that film.

as always, thanks for the info and pics.